François Chaumette

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The Masters of Time (1982)

On planet Perdide, an attack of giant hornets leaves Piel – a young boy – alone in a wrecked car with his dying father. A mayday message reaches their friend Jaffar, an adventurer travelling through space. On board Jaffar’s shuttle are the renegade Prince Matton, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Laloux
CAST:  Jean Valmont  •  Michel Elias  •  Frédéric Legros  •  Yves-Marie Maurin

On planet Perdide, an attack of giant hornets leaves Piel – a young boy – alone in a wrecked car with his dying father. A mayday message reaches their friend Jaffar, an adventurer travelling through space. On board Jaffar’s shuttle are the renegade Prince Matton, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Laloux
CAST:  Jean Valmont  •  Michel Elias  •  Frédéric Legros  •  Yves-Marie Maurin

Z (1969)

Amidst a heated political climate, the opposition leader is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident. When a magistrate finds evidence of a government cover-up, witnesses start to get targeted. A thinly-fictionalized account of the events surrounding the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Costa-Gavras
CAST:  Yves Montand  •  Irene Papas  •  Jean-Louis Trintignant  •  Allel El Mouhib

Amidst a heated political climate, the opposition leader is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident. When a magistrate finds evidence of a government cover-up, witnesses start to get targeted. A thinly-fictionalized account of the events surrounding the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Costa-Gavras
CAST:  Yves Montand  •  Irene Papas  •  Jean-Louis Trintignant  •  Allel El Mouhib

The Devil's Envoys (1942)

At the end of the 15th century, two traveling minstrels Gilles and Dominique come to the castle of Baron Hugues. Gilles charms Anne, Hugues' daughter, while Dominique charms both Hugues and Anne's fiance. Gilles and Dominique are not really in love: they were sent ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Carné
CAST:  Arletty  •  Marie Déa  •  Fernand Ledoux  •  Alain Cuny

At the end of the 15th century, two traveling minstrels Gilles and Dominique come to the castle of Baron Hugues. Gilles charms Anne, Hugues' daughter, while Dominique charms both Hugues and Anne's fiance. Gilles and Dominique are not really in love: they were sent ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Carné
CAST:  Arletty  •  Marie Déa  •  Fernand Ledoux  •  Alain Cuny

Galia (1966)

Newly arrived in Paris, Galia lives in a small apartment near Notre-Dame cathedral. One evening, whilst walking along the banks of the River Seine, she saves a young woman from drowning. The woman, Nicole, tells Galia that she intended to drown herself, having left ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Lautner
CAST:  Mireille Darc  •  Venantino Venantini  •  Françoise Prévost  •  Jacques Riberolles

Newly arrived in Paris, Galia lives in a small apartment near Notre-Dame cathedral. One evening, whilst walking along the banks of the River Seine, she saves a young woman from drowning. The woman, Nicole, tells Galia that she intended to drown herself, having left ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Lautner
CAST:  Mireille Darc  •  Venantino Venantini  •  Françoise Prévost  •  Jacques Riberolles

The Hunchback of Paris (1959)

Duke Philippe de Nevers is an influential and popular man who is married to a beautiful wife called Aurore. His rival Philippe de Gonzague hates him enough to organise an attempt on him. The Duke is accompagnied by Henri de Lagardère when de Gonzague's henchmen ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Hunebelle
CAST:  Jean Marais  •  Bourvil  •  Sabine Sesselmann  •  Hubert Noël

Duke Philippe de Nevers is an influential and popular man who is married to a beautiful wife called Aurore. His rival Philippe de Gonzague hates him enough to organise an attempt on him. The Duke is accompagnied by Henri de Lagardère when de Gonzague's henchmen ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Hunebelle
CAST:  Jean Marais  •  Bourvil  •  Sabine Sesselmann  •  Hubert Noël

Rue de Paris (1959)

Life in a one-parent family with a focus on the parent, Henri Neveu (Jean Gabin), is the topic of this standard drama with a dash of comedy. While Henri was a POW during the war, his wife passed away and he returned to face the challenges of bringing up three ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denys de La Patellière
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Marie-José Nat  •  Claude Brasseur  •  Renée Faure

Life in a one-parent family with a focus on the parent, Henri Neveu (Jean Gabin), is the topic of this standard drama with a dash of comedy. While Henri was a POW during the war, his wife passed away and he returned to face the challenges of bringing up three ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denys de La Patellière
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Marie-José Nat  •  Claude Brasseur  •  Renée Faure

Come Dance with Me! (1959)

Herve argues with his wife, after which he meets an appealing woman at a nightclub. A subsequent one-night stand with her turns into a tragedy when the woman is killed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Boisrond
CAST:  Brigitte Bardot  •  Henri Vidal  •  Dawn Addams  •  Darío Moreno

Herve argues with his wife, after which he meets an appealing woman at a nightclub. A subsequent one-night stand with her turns into a tragedy when the woman is killed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Boisrond
CAST:  Brigitte Bardot  •  Henri Vidal  •  Dawn Addams  •  Darío Moreno

A Few Days with Me (1988)

Martial is discharged from a mental insitution where he spent a few years due to a serious nervous breakdown. Upon his return he finds his mother, a busy business woman who owns a supermarket chain, convinced that her son will be able to find himself again if ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Sautet
CAST:  Daniel Auteuil  •  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Jean-Pierre Marielle  •  Dominique Lavanant

Martial is discharged from a mental insitution where he spent a few years due to a serious nervous breakdown. Upon his return he finds his mother, a busy business woman who owns a supermarket chain, convinced that her son will be able to find himself again if ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Sautet
CAST:  Daniel Auteuil  •  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Jean-Pierre Marielle  •  Dominique Lavanant

Ces malades qui nous gouvernent (1981)

From testimonies and medical explanations, an evocation of the last fifty years, seen through the different illnesses of the main heads of state in the world. The state of health of the men in power who have made the history of the last half-century has often been ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Vajda
CAST:  Yves Arcanel  •  François Chaumette  •  Yves Peneau  •  Claude Vajda

From testimonies and medical explanations, an evocation of the last fifty years, seen through the different illnesses of the main heads of state in the world. The state of health of the men in power who have made the history of the last half-century has often been ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Vajda
CAST:  Yves Arcanel  •  François Chaumette  •  Yves Peneau  •  Claude Vajda

Christine (1958)

Vienna, 1906. A passionate love story develops between Franz Lobheiner and the young Christine. Lobheiner is, however, currently seeing the married Baroness von Eggersdorf. Upon learning of his wife's infidelity, the Baron von Eggersdorf provokes a duel with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Gaspard-Huit
CAST:  Romy Schneider  •  Alain Delon  •  Micheline Presle  •  Jacques Duby

Vienna, 1906. A passionate love story develops between Franz Lobheiner and the young Christine. Lobheiner is, however, currently seeing the married Baroness von Eggersdorf. Upon learning of his wife's infidelity, the Baron von Eggersdorf provokes a duel with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Gaspard-Huit
CAST:  Romy Schneider  •  Alain Delon  •  Micheline Presle  •  Jacques Duby

Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)

In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a racketeer with extant political connections. Serrano kept proofs of Dubaye's involvement in corrupt dealings and was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Lautner
CAST:  Alain Delon  •  Stéphane Audran  •  Michel Aumont  •  Maurice Ronet

In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a racketeer with extant political connections. Serrano kept proofs of Dubaye's involvement in corrupt dealings and was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Lautner
CAST:  Alain Delon  •  Stéphane Audran  •  Michel Aumont  •  Maurice Ronet

There's Always a Price Tag (1957)

Adapted from James Hadley Chase’s novel, plot finds Robert Mabillon Gelin as a struggling artist who saves Eric Freminger from a drunken suicide attempt, and promptly gets offered employment as a chauffeur by way of gratitude. Once back at the Freminger residence, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denys de La Patellière
CAST:  Michèle Morgan  •  Daniel Gélin  •  Michèle Mercier  •  François Chaumette

Adapted from James Hadley Chase’s novel, plot finds Robert Mabillon Gelin as a struggling artist who saves Eric Freminger from a drunken suicide attempt, and promptly gets offered employment as a chauffeur by way of gratitude. Once back at the Freminger residence, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denys de La Patellière
CAST:  Michèle Morgan  •  Daniel Gélin  •  Michèle Mercier  •  François Chaumette

My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days (1989)

Lucas has invented a new computer language but at the same time he has been informed about his strange terminal illness during which he has been gradually losing his memory. Shortly after that he meets Blanche who acts as a medium in a bizarre traveling show. Dying ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Żuławski
CAST:  Jacques Dutronc  •  Sophie Marceau  •  Valérie Lagrange  •  Myriam Mézières

Lucas has invented a new computer language but at the same time he has been informed about his strange terminal illness during which he has been gradually losing his memory. Shortly after that he meets Blanche who acts as a medium in a bizarre traveling show. Dying ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Żuławski
CAST:  Jacques Dutronc  •  Sophie Marceau  •  Valérie Lagrange  •  Myriam Mézières

The Beautiful Prisoner (1983)

Walter is told by his boss, Sara, to deliver an urgent letter to Henri de Corinthe. On the way he finds a beautiful woman he had been eying in a nightclub, lying in the road, bound up. He takes her to a villa to get a doctor, and ends up being locked in a bedroom ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Robbe-Grillet
CAST:  Daniel Mesguich  •  Gabrielle Lazure  •  Cyrielle Clair  •  Daniel Emilfork

Walter is told by his boss, Sara, to deliver an urgent letter to Henri de Corinthe. On the way he finds a beautiful woman he had been eying in a nightclub, lying in the road, bound up. He takes her to a villa to get a doctor, and ends up being locked in a bedroom ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Robbe-Grillet
CAST:  Daniel Mesguich  •  Gabrielle Lazure  •  Cyrielle Clair  •  Daniel Emilfork

The Night Affair (1958)

Vallois, a vice inspector for the Paris police, takes special interest in the plight of drug-addicted Lucky (Najda Tiller), whom he considers to be more victim than criminal. Taking it upon himself to wean Lucky away from narcotics, Vallois also wins her love -- ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Grangier
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Danielle Darrieux  •  Nadja Tiller  •  Paul Frankeur

Vallois, a vice inspector for the Paris police, takes special interest in the plight of drug-addicted Lucky (Najda Tiller), whom he considers to be more victim than criminal. Taking it upon himself to wean Lucky away from narcotics, Vallois also wins her love -- ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Grangier
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Danielle Darrieux  •  Nadja Tiller  •  Paul Frankeur

The Persians (1961)

Les Perses (The Persians) is a French TV movie adaptation of Aeschylus' oldest known tragedy, Πέρσαι (Persai). It was originally broadcasted in October 31, 1961. The play deals with the aftermath of the Persian defeat in the battle of Salamis (480 BC), which makes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Prat
CAST:  René Arrieu  •  Claude Martin  •  Maria Meriko  •  François Chaumette

Les Perses (The Persians) is a French TV movie adaptation of Aeschylus' oldest known tragedy, Πέρσαι (Persai). It was originally broadcasted in October 31, 1961. The play deals with the aftermath of the Persian defeat in the battle of Salamis (480 BC), which makes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Prat
CAST:  René Arrieu  •  Claude Martin  •  Maria Meriko  •  François Chaumette

Dose mortelle (1993)

Sylvie Drapier is an attractive 40-year old surgeon, specializing in liver transplants, who heads a department in the foremost clinic of a small country town. Divorced, she lives alone with her eight-year-old son, David. One night, returning home from a major ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joyce Buñuel
CAST:  Ludmila Mikaël  •  Frédéric van den Driessche  •  Valérie Mairesse  •  François Chaumette

Sylvie Drapier is an attractive 40-year old surgeon, specializing in liver transplants, who heads a department in the foremost clinic of a small country town. Divorced, she lives alone with her eight-year-old son, David. One night, returning home from a major ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joyce Buñuel
CAST:  Ludmila Mikaël  •  Frédéric van den Driessche  •  Valérie Mairesse  •  François Chaumette

Rayés des vivants (1952)

With the help of a social worker and Isabelle, Pierre, a delinquent influenced by Marcelle, undertakes a slow and difficult reintegration.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Cloche
CAST:  Georges Bourgeois  •  André Carnège  •  Anthony Carretier  •  Jacqueline Castel

With the help of a social worker and Isabelle, Pierre, a delinquent influenced by Marcelle, undertakes a slow and difficult reintegration.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Cloche
CAST:  Georges Bourgeois  •  André Carnège  •  Anthony Carretier  •  Jacqueline Castel

The Road to Damascus (1952)

Saul De Tarse is a Roman soldier who is making rough all over. He arrives at the Golgotha when the apostles remove the cross. He ruthlessly persecutes the Christians, even though they are his own friends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Glass
CAST:  Michel Simon  •  Antoine Balpêtré  •  Jacques Dufilho  •  Christiane Lénier

Saul De Tarse is a Roman soldier who is making rough all over. He arrives at the Golgotha when the apostles remove the cross. He ruthlessly persecutes the Christians, even though they are his own friends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Glass
CAST:  Michel Simon  •  Antoine Balpêtré  •  Jacques Dufilho  •  Christiane Lénier
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